Resume

Matt Klepac • matt@mattklepac.com • 512.560.9018

Note to Recruiters

Please do not contact me about jobs outside of Austin, TX or anything that is contract-only (even contract-to-hire). If you call before 5pm Central on a week day, you will not reach me. And remember: I currently work full-time for Zynga making Video Games that are played by millions of people all over the world.

About Me

I thrive in competitive and exciting environments with teams that tackle challenging projects. I have a rare mixture of design and programming skills that allow me to work anywhere from front-end to back-end on a given project. However, I am mostly interested in front-end development and design. My hobbies include home improvement, landscaping, beer brewing, watching sports, and playing video games.

Professional Knowledge

Most Recent

One to Three Years Ago

3 to 5 Years Ago

More Than 5 Years Ago

Professional Experience

Zynga

Software Engineer – May 2010 to Present

In late May 2010, Challenge Games was acquired by Zynga and became Zynga Austin. I developed on Warstorm in Adobe Flex, adding new social features that significantly increased the number of active users. Meanwhile, Warstorm kept the lowest ratio of bugs to customer service requests over all of Zynga’s games.

Challenge Games

Senior Developer – Aug 2007 to May 2010

As the third employee, I started when the company was in a one bedroom apartment in downtown Austin, Texas. I was the lead developer of the company’s flagship game Duels for a year and a half. I built the company’s first Facebook Application (for Duels) in two weeks when Facebook Applications were in their infancy. I contributed development to four of the five web games and two of the three Facebook games released by the company. I attended the Facebook Developer Garage in SXSW 2007 and Facebook’s F8 Conference in 2010. I was also Administrator of Atlassian Confluence & Jira installations.

IBM

User Experience Architect – Aug 2006 to Aug 2007

In August of 2006, Webify was acquired by IBM. After the acquisition I was responsible for the globalization and accessibility of the product. I received IBM’s Bravo award for managing the globalization development and translation testing with a successful release in June 2007.

Webify Solutions, Inc

GUI Designer – May 2004 to Aug 2006

I designed all of the product UIs the company released. This includes three healthcare applications (Anthem, BCBS Arkansas, BCBS Tennessee), two insurance applications (FFIC & RQI Reference App), and the core product which consisted of a rich client (Eclipse plug-in) and a web client. I also developed all of the HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and had a vital role in Tapestry (Java) page and component development.

Austin Computing Solutions

Senior Web Developer – Mar 2002 to May 2004

I quickly jumped into a makeshift ASP development environment for this Microsoft “shop”. I helped expand the development environment to handle full development cycles and better team communication. I developed projects including Online Electrical Efficiency Installation tracking, XML Content Management, Credit Card transactions, Application Processing and Background Checking on Organization Volunteers, CRM Database Management Portal, E-mail Newsletters, and various websites.

Networker, Inc

Senior Web Developer – Nov 2000 to Mar 2002

Known for my ability to quickly adapt to new programming languages and existing projects, I was hired to take the foundation of networker.com and manage/add to the application. NetWorker moved from an event service provider to licensing calendar-based Enterprise Software Packages. The major client was the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas in Austin.

traq-wireless, Inc

GUI Designer – Aug 2000 to Nov 2000

I joined traq-wireless to combine my skills of Internet programming and computer graphics and try to get the best of both worlds. I completely redesigned their application’s interface with new graphics and a custom DHTML interface.

living.com

Web Developer – Jun 1999 to Aug 2000

I quickly learned site programming, infrastructure, JHTML & Java. I helped hire and train new team members. I built and maintained various parts of the web site. I enhanced site performance and scaled for Amazon partnership (Home Living) launch on 5/18/00.

Education

Graduated 4.0 GPA Spring of 2001
Westlake High School
4100 Westbank Drive, Austin, Texas 78746

References Available Upon Request